Is this really happening? The president attempts to subvert justice in the sentencing of his crony Roger Stone, then states that he will consider a pardon if things don’t go his way. The intelligence community is unanimous in its assessment that Russia is acting to get President Donald Trump re-elected. The president responds by firing the director of national intelligence and replacing him with a yes-man with no intelligence experience.
Since the impeachment acquittal, Mr. Trump has sought revenge on anyone who spoke the truth about the Ukraine affair. Now there is a report that a Trump surrogate offered Julian Assange of WikiLeaks a pardon if he would state that Russia had nothing to do with the hacking of Democrats’ emails.
An eighth grade bully is in charge of the government. What is more disturbing is that half the country and a majority of senators appear to feel that this is just fine. We are in deep, deep trouble.
RICHARD KREPSKI
Highland Park
Note from KBJ: President Trump is draining the swamp, Richard. It's what we elected him to do.
